Ethiopia Observes International Women’s Day with a Call for the Empowerment of Women

Ethiopia has joined the rest of the world to observe International Women’s Day with a call to better empower women at national and international level. The day is being observed worldwide under the theme ; “Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities : Progress...

Gender Equality on the European Union Agenda

Ministers and top-level political representatives from the European Union (EU) will be taking part in the European “Women in Power” summit in Cadiz on 3 February, which will be opened by the First Vice-president of the Spanish Government, María Teresa...

African Women Celebrate 30 Years of CEDAW

Gambia’s vice president, Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, has told local and international delegates at the commemoration of 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW) in Banjul, that the crucial role...